Chapter 956 - The Crypt
Chapter 956 The Crypt
“No, wait.”
A half-burned holy knight lifted his remaining arm to prop himself up as he shouted, “Leave, Catherine! The Holy Light teaches us to be willing to sacrifice, but our sacrifice must have value. If you don’t leave, then they will probably stay as well, just like you.”
Judging from his armor, he was a Second Grade Silver Knight.
However, compared to the wounded knights around him, his wounds were also the most grievous. He was on the brink of death, and even his voice was hoarse now.
The young girl froze when she heard this. She finally looked around and discovered a hundred trainee knights just like herself slowly approaching the enemy and standing in-between them and the injured knights. In their eyes was fear, terror, confusion, but more than that, there was a determination that had not been there before.
“Take them and leave! Pass on the Holy Light forever. We must not let the Holy Light of the northern counties be extinguished.” The Silver Knight’s voice was drained of all strength now and could not continue.
Time continued to flow by, second by second. This trainee knight, known as Catherine, had never known such a painful and agonizing decision. Seeing as the time limit set by the blazing giant was approaching, she finally gritted her teeth and said, “Let’s go.”
He didn’t have the patience to search for the valuables in here slowly. He waved his hand once more as a massive flame shockwave recklessly ruined the crypt.
Anything that could survive a thousand years had to be valuable, as would be anything that could survive a flame shockwave. As for whether valuable notes or scrolls would be destroyed in this inferno– that was none of Greem’s concern.
As the flames repeatedly washed over the cave, the cobwebs turned into ashes, dust into shards of glass, bones completely burned, and the metals melted. By the time all the ‘junk’ and ‘scrap’ were turned to dust, the real treasures hidden among them started to show.
Either a shard of a bone that was impervious to the flames, a piece of gleaming metal ore, a magical longsword radiating a faint light, or even a strange shield with a muted color.
However, none of these could attract Greem’s attention. His eyes were focused solely upon the strange coffin in the center of the crypt.
It was a large coffin forged of a strange, unknown metal. It sat silently at the center of the crypt, its surface carved with intricate and exquisite carvings. It was unusual for the holy knights, who had always pursued simplicity and humility.
It was important to note that even the Second and Third Grade holy knights were also wrapped in a thin layer of bandages before being placed in the boxes of the crypts. The most impressive of them might be buried with the weapons and armor they had used in life.
Therefore, this luxurious and extravagant burial only further emphasized the weight of this holy knight’s identity!
An expression of joyous surprise finally appeared on Greem’s face.